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Librenix: SSL Encrypted syslog with stunnel

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 5, 2005

“In many cases, syslog data is simply written to text files.
This approach has some advantages, most notably it is very fast and
efficient. However, data stored in text files is not readily
accessible for real-time viewing and analysis. To do that, the
messages need to be in a database. There are various ways to store
syslog messages in a database. For example, some have the syslogd
write text files which are later feed via a separate script into
the database. Others have written scripts taking the data (via a
pipe) from a non-database-aware syslogd and store them as they
appear. Some others use database-aware syslogds and make them write
the data directly to the database…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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